Compute, storage, networking, and the IT operations behind AI.
Efficient IT operations are becoming mission‑critical as AI drives unprecedented spending on compute, storage, and network capacity. By 2026, AI is expected to account for $2 trillion in infrastructure investment (Gartner). This number quickly stops feeling abstract when you’re defending it in a budget review. The challenge isn’t just cost: it’s the compounding nature of […]
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Most AI initiatives fail because leaders invest in tools before defining the business problem, data readiness, and infrastructure requirements. This guide gives C‑suite leaders a pragmatic AI deployment framework by clarifying executive decision ownership, managing risk, and aligning infrastructure to real‑world use cases. C-suite leaders are experiencing 360-degree pressure from AI transformation initiatives. Boards want […]
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story came out in 2016. The story unfolds between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, the original Star Wars story. And yes, Rogue One is a backup and recovery movie. The entire plot centers around identifying, retrieving, and transmitting critical data under disaster conditions. TL;DR: Rogue One is a […]
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Does your company have ticket battles? Here’s what they look like: An alert fires. Something is broken. The operations team looks at their dashboards and sees healthy services, so they point to the application code. A ticket is filed. The development team, swamped with feature requests, pushes back, suspecting an infrastructure issue. This “ticket battle” […]
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Businesses rely on data to get things done. For example, airlines depend on data to analyze passenger demand and travel patterns to optimize schedules, pricing, and staffing. You can imagine how much data an airline must crunch through to provide the best services to their clients. AI, in particular Narrow AI, can help us analyze […]
Today, Solidigm announced the introduction of the world’s highest capacity PCIe solid-state drive (SSD), the 122TB (terabyte) Solidigm™ D5-P5336 data center SSD. During the launch event, we attended a presentation on the new 122TB drives. However, the highlight for me was a panel featuring Solidum’s partners and customers. Throughout the event, I experienced a strong sense […]
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With the recent changes in Broadcom’s VMworld portfolio, many organizations are exploring VMware migration to other virtualization platforms. As companies like AT&T voice concerns over unwanted subscription costs, businesses are considering alternatives like Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM, and Xen to replace VMware’s ESXi. Some are even going to HCI (hyperconverged infrastructure) solutions like Scale Computing or […]
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I wrote about mourning the VMware vCommunity in this blog post. However, every technical community evolves as technology changes. The question we should be asking ourselves is: how is Broadcom’s VMware strategy reshaping the virtualization market? Which segment of the server virtualization market is Broadcom interested in? Let’s examine this from a business perspective. In […]
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I was ecstatic when I was invited to be a delegate at the very first Edge Field Day. Edge is a weird term. Is it COLO 2.0, or about IoT? How do you get your arms around requirements for edge compute architecture? We found out at Edge Field Day 1. The line up was stellar: […]
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If your organization is building AI applications, you’ll be responsible for architecting AI infrastructure. Last week we talked about AI-enhanced services, but those are services using AI to make a product smarter. Those folks are also building environments to support building their AI enhanced products. So if you’re wondering “what is AI infrastructure”, this post […]
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